Combined school desk and seat



March 9 1926.

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UNITED srarss titans PATENT oFFicE.

JOHN B. HICKS, OF SAFFORD, ARIZONA, ASSJIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HARRY L. PAYNE, OF SAFFFORD, ARIZONA.

COMBINED SQHUDL DESK AND SEAT.

Application filed October 30, 1924. Serial No. 746,819.

To a]? 107mmit may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. Hicks, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sat ford, in the county of Graham and State of Arizona, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Combined School Desks and Seats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to school furniture and provides in effect a seat and a desk in one, each being independently adjust-able and both mounted upon a single pedestal or stand which preferably consists of cast metal.

Other objects and advantages will be ap parent andsuggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

While the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification,

Figure 1 is a side view of a combined school desk and seat embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is front view of the article,

Figure 3 is a rear View partly in section and partly broken away,

Figure f is a detail sectional view of the seat, and

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view on the line 55 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows, portions of the seat being broken away.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and desig nated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The numeral 1 denotes a floor board or base and 2 a pedestal or stand which is mounted upon the base 1 and which preferably consists of cast iron or other suitable lower rear portion of the pedestal and reoeives the seat which is vertically adjustable thereon.

The numeral S'denotes the seat which is preferably of wood and side pieces 9 are secured to opposite edge portions of the seat and preferably consist of pressed metal of l.forin in cross section so as to engage the edge and under side of the seat as indicated most clearly in Figure 2. The back comprises strips 10 which are transversely disposed and attached at their ends to the upright portions of the side pieces, being bolted or otherwise fastened thereto. A socket 11 is attached to the under side of the seat 8 and receives the upper end of the post 7 to which it is adjustably connected by means of a bolt 12 or analogous fastening "which operates in a slot 13 formed in a side of the socket.

The numeral 14 designates a desk which may be of any preferred construction and which comprises body of pressed metal and a top and bottom of. wood and this desk is adjustably attached to the uprights 4 and is strengthened by brackets lowhich are ad-' justably connected to the uprights f and disposed beneath the desk which is attached thereto. The upper portions of the uprights l engage the back of the desk and are provided with a plurality of openings 16 to receive the fastening means 17 whereby the desk is adjustably secured to the uprights, the latter having other sets of openings 18 for adjustable connection of the brackets 15 therewith.

What is claimed is 1. A pedestal of the class described consisting of a hollow casting, said casting having means to surmount a chair support, and a bifurcated portion, each arm of the bifur' cated portion being adapted for connection of a desk support thereto and having shoulders on which the desk supports rest.

2. A pedestal of the class described C0111- prising a metallic casting of hollow formation one end of said casting being relatively low, meansat said end to surmount a seatsupport, the pedestal having :a portion ex tending from the first portion upwardly and being bifuroated each arm of the bifurozv tion having a shoulder, and said arms being adapted for connection of desk-supporting members thereto resting on said shoulders.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN B. HICKS. 

